[WRC] News & rumours (part IV) 2016

[EstWRC]

i dont believe it...they have a deal to the end of 2019 and a month ago they talked about extending it http://classic.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/126367


even Smeets says it is rumours.

[Lousada]

That the brand Volkswagen will withdraw does not mean there will be no Volkswagens at the start of the 2017 Monte Carlo. Ford has not been involved in the WRC for a number of years now but there have been Fords at every rally. Some 'private' team will continue to enter the Volkswagens and will probably become world champions too.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Shock news if it happens.. there was no sign of it from the VW team or drivers right up to yesterday and the 4th Title celebrations.

But maybe they have proved all they wanted to anyway... they came in and totally dominated the traditional teams

Shame though if its true as 2017 holds so much promise.

[Fast Eddie WRC]

Colin Clark: My understanding is this story is somewhat premature. Speaking to my German colleagues they say it's not yet decided https://t.co/4ZzyjZvDYR

[macebig]

Ford's case was different.M-Sport was independent from Ford factory and Wilson found Al-Attiyah to cover the costs back in 2013.Ford backtracked then,giving technology support to Wilson,who in his turn was able to continue funding the WRC team through R5 sales and they are still here.VW is a full factory effort(similar to the Boreham one from Ford) so without factory support there is no team to begin with.

[Francis44]

That the brand Volkswagen will withdraw does not mean there will be no Volkswagens at the start of the 2017 Monte Carlo. Ford has not been involved in the WRC for a number of years now but there have been Fords at every rally. Some 'private' team will continue to enter the Volkswagens and will probably become world champions too.

Totally different, as far as I know homolgation processes for next year are far from over and I would expect them to completely drop development and construction of the 2017 cars. Perhaps someone will keep running this years cars but who cares about that.

When people start saying "it is not yet decided" you know shit is about to go down.

[rallyfiend]

That the brand Volkswagen will withdraw does not mean there will be no Volkswagens at the start of the 2017 Monte Carlo. Ford has not been involved in the WRC for a number of years now but there have been Fords at every rally. Some 'private' team will continue to enter the Volkswagens and will probably become world champions too.

yes it does. VW will never let the cars out of their hands. They will become museum pieces - just like all the Dakar Touregs.

Have you ever seen a VW WRC chassis used outside of VW Motorsport? They've made heaps of them over the years. All of them are stored somewhere. Their departure won't change that strategy.

[dimviii]

come on guys,prepare your questions.

Hayden Paddon ‏@HaydenPaddon · 10m10 minutes ago

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[N.O.T]

come on guys,prepare your questions.

Hayden Paddon ‏@HaydenPaddon · 10m10 minutes ago

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I think Paddon is overdoing it with those social media questions thing, it begins to lose its meaning.

[EstWRC]

agreed, basically same questions every time.